TB in the United States: A Snapshot: March 2018

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Slow Progress Underscores Need for Expanded Approach
  
  Preliminary 2017 data show current declines in U.S. TB cases are too slow to reach TB elimination in this century.
  
  • The TB rate declined slightly (-2.5%) from 2016 to 2017 with approximately 2.8 cases per 100,000 persons.
  
  • A slight decrease in TB cases (-1.8%) was reported in 2017, decreasing from 9,256 in 2016 to 9,093 in 2017.
  
  • The nation’s TB elimination goal is less than one case per 1 million people; however, there were 28 cases per 1 million people in 2017.
  
  • An expanded approach is needed to address two TB-related conditions – TB disease and latent TB infection.
  
  tb-in-the-us-a-snapshot.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Tuberculosis
• Series:
  CDC Fact Sheet
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  3 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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